Music and humour have been cosy partners for a long time. Mozart, for example, used it in his Divertimento in F for 2 horns and string quartet in 1787 to satirise contemporary composers and performers of popular music. At the …
One of the questions I tend to ask all my interviewees is who their favourite non-classical singer happens to be. Somehow, I find it displays that part of a person that previous questions had not identified. If I have room …
Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide repertory of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner …